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"Thousands of years ago, colonies were established throughout the universe by a mother race from the far reaches of the universe... A race known as--Human. Now, in the seventh millennium of time, a solemn and dramatic event is taking place... A peace envoy representing the twelve known colonies of man over throughout space in hopes of bringing to a close a thousand-year war... ... A bitter and seemingly endless conflict that has been seen the humans embattled by an alliance of beings bent on their destruction. It is the mission of the Colonial Fleet to bring peace. At long last, to the war-torn galaxy, it is a mission doomed, this day, to failure..."
—Page 1

The Colonial Fleet is ordered to rendezvous at for an armistice signing. Galactica sends out two of its Vipers as a standard patrol, crewed by Apollo and his younger brother, Zac, who is a rookie pilot on his first mission.

On the flagship, Atlantia, President Adar holds a council with the ships' captains, where he offers a toast to himself for his leadership in bringing the twelve colonies together in an alliance against the Cylons' Alliance. One of the captains instead toasts the Baltar, the true mastermind of the peace negotiations as a jibe against Adar. Commander Adama of Galactica does not trust the Cylons' offer of peace, made through Baltar as liaison.

Galactica's patrol spots a Cylon tanker seemingly on its own; beyond it the Vipers pick up only static. Apollo deduces the Cylons are hiding something out of the fleet's censor range, and soon sees for himself a Cylon raider force of thousands. Apollo alerts his brother to the danger, and they set off back to Galactica to warn the fleet. Zac's Viper suffers damage and three Raiders make their approach, two of which are quickly destroyed by the patrol.

Meanwhile, Commander Adama takes a Shuttle flight with his daughter, Athena as pilot, back to Galactica. Finding the ship in a state of alert, they race to the bridge, where Adama's XO, Colonel Tigh, notifies him of the patrol's distress and subsequent radio jamming. Adama alerts the President to a possible Cylon attack, but Baltar is able to persuade President Adar it is not Cylon in origin and that any large-scale response will only confuse the Cylon peace delegation. Adama decides to go around the President's order by ordering for a battle drill. Apollo successfully reaches the Galactica, though Zac's Viper is destroyed by the third raider just short.

With the drill, and now alert, called, the pilots race to their Vipers, Starbuck and Boomer amongst them. Apollo arrives on the bridge to report the attack, and warns them that he saw no Basestars. Cylon raiders are too far away from Cylon to reach Cimtar, which is why they relied on tankers. Now without a need of a Basestar, it opens up the question of just where the Cyons deployed them. Adama asks the President for permission for Galactica to break off and return to the Twelve Colonies, fearing the Basestars are attacking the lightly-defended planets. Atlantia suddenly explodes after sustaining serious damage in the Cylon attack. Worried the other Battlestars have reached combat stations too late to put up a strong defence, Adama orders all his Vipers to protect the fleet while Galactica takes off to Caprica.

En route to Caprica, Athena reports civilian broadcasts from Caprica which confirm a Cylon attack underway. When the Galactica finally reaches the planet several hours later, they are too late and the cities are in ruins. Apollo and Adama land on the planet to investigate, giving the Commander time to search his house, where he finds his wife has died. Apollo spots torches, indicating survivors roaming the planet in bands. Having seen the Viper land, they confront the two men, angry at their failure to protect Caprica. The people cry for their lost civilisation, learning the fleet was destroyed rather than forsake them. Adama tells them to spread the word out to abandon the colonies and take off in as many ships available.

When the fleet of 220 ships is assembled, Adama calls for the refugee convoy to set off in search of Earth, a distant planet in another galaxy.

Appearances[]

"Battlestar Galactica"[]

Individuals[]

Locations[]

  • Twelve Colonies (Single Appearance)
    • Caprica (Single Appearance)

Items[]

  • Colonial Blaster (First Appearance)
  • Fumarello (cigar)(First Appearance)

Vehicles[]

  • Battlestars (First Appearance)
    • Battlestar Atlantia (Only appearance; destroyed)
    • Battlestar Galactica (First Appearance)
  • Colonial Fleet (First Appearance)
  • Colonial Viper (First Appearance)
  • Cylon Basestar (First Appearance)
  • Cylon Fighter (First Appearance)
  • Cylon Tanker (Single Appearance)

Behind the Scenes[]

  • Coming Soon

Notes[]

  • This is Part 1 of the comic adaptation of the Battlestar Galactica TV series premiere episode "Saga of a Star World".
  • This is a recolored and expanded version of the earlier publication "Marvel Comics Super Special # 8: Battlestar Galactica".
  • Artist Ernie Colon did not have proper reference material for most of the actors when he drew the original version. An attempt has been made to fix most of these anachronisms in the second version.
  • On the second page, Baltar was originally drawn as a bald man. Hair was added in the monthly version.
  • Pages 5 and 6 of the Super Special have been replaced by completely new art.
  • Starting on page 7, Colonel Tigh was originally drawn to resemble actor Richard Hatch instead of Terry Carter, and wore a pilot's uniform instead of a command uniform. His likeness and costume were altered in all panels he appears in for the monthly issue.
  • Pages 8 and 9 of the Super Special have been replaced by completely new art. On the original version of page 9, Baltar was mistakenly drawn to resemble actor Lorne Greene.
  • On page 10, Apollo was originally drawn with shorter hair, which was colored yellow in the first two panels he appears in, but black in the third. In the revised version, his hair is black and has been altered to look more like Richard Hatch's haircut in the series.
  • Pages 11 and 12 of the Super Special have been replaced by completely new art.
  • Pages 17 and 18 of the Super Special have been replaced by completely new art.

Trivia[]

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See also[]

  • Coming Soon

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